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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.
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I N D E X B B-10, development, 5 5 , 60 B-15, X model, 6 6 6 7 , 119 B-17: characteristics, 61, 68, 88, rrpzo, 5 2 , 481, 574, 600-601, 655, 66~-65; de- velopment, 66-67; as escort plane, 604; first delivery, 66; mass flight to Hawaii, 172-73; mass flight to UK, 641-45; test ( r g j f ) , 53; test against attacking ves- sels, 457; as transport plane, 493; un- successful test by RAF, 600-604, 655 B-19, X model, 69 B-24: characteristics, 327, 462, 574, 600- 604, 6 6 2 ; for air transport, 326, 350, 352; chief reliance in antisub. work, 537, 549, 5 5 2 ; delivery to Navy, 5 5 1 ; development, 66; as escort plane, 604. See also LB-30. B-25: characteristics, 478; choice for Tokyo raid, 439, 444; lend-lease to U.S.S.R., 338 1919 389, 400-4017 417, 4509 45657, 461- B-26, combat in Pacific, 414, 458, 465 B-29, development, 66, 71, 108 Backus, Capt. E. N., 390, 394 Badoglio, Marshal Pietro, 83 Baguio, 207 Bahama Is., 121, 124, 162 Baker, Sec. of War N.D., 24, 31, 43 Baker, Noel, 95 n Baker Board, 2 2 , 3-32, 47-48, 67 Balfour, Capt. H. H., 133 Balikpapan, 377, 382 Ballarat, 422 Bandjermasin, 377 Baffin 1 . 7 ' 5 5 7 345-47 Bah 372, 386, 391927 3947 402, 474 Bandoeng, 368, 371, 395 Bangalore, 223, 331, 333, 509 Bangkok, 492 Bangor, 523 Barksdale Field, 31, 530 Barling bomber, 58 Barnes, Maj. Gen. J.F., 226, 371, 388, 396, Barnham, 650 Barr, Lt. George, 442 Barrackpore, 5 I Barrage balloons, 1 5 2 , 2 9 9 Basra, 326, 329, 338 Bataan, 209, 2 1 2 , 218, 223-25, 233, 366, Bataan Field Flying Det., 405 Batangas, 186, 191, 203, 219 Batavia, 231, 371, 384, 391, 397 4119 420 4 0 4 4 Batchelor Field, 222-24, 407, 426 Bathurst (Gambia), 320, 322, 324 Bathurst I., 393 Bay, WO J.E., 405 Bayse, Maj. W. E., 380, 506 Bean, Lt. J.M., 2 1 6 1 7 Beaverbrook, Lord, 133, 578 Beechcraft, 385, 406 Belem, 320-22, 324, 329-30, 332, 336 Belfast, 240, 648 Belgian Congo, 324, 33'4 355 Bellows Field, 171, 198-99 Bengal, 498 Bengal, Bay of, 494, 499, 502-3, 5 1 0 Berlin, Pact of. See Tripartite Pact. Bermuda, 1 2 1 , 162, 294, 326 Bhamo, 500 Biscay, Bay of, 514 Bishop, S. W., 199 Bismarck Archipelago, 382, 403-4, 447 Bissell, Lt. Col. C. L., 146 BLACK, JPB, 2.40 Blarney, Gen. Sir Thomas, 419 Blimbing, 384, 386 Bloemfontern, 227, 1 3 2 Blomberg, Gen. Werner von, 87-88 BLUIE EAST 2, 345 BLUIE W E S T I , 343-46, 641-44 BLUIE WEST 8, 343-47, 641, 644 Boeing Aircraft Co., 65-66, 280 BOLERO, 5649 566, 570, 574-761 5877 Bohol, 406 589, 595, 607, 652-53; committees, 564; first air movement completed, 644 Bolling, Col. R.C., 8 Bolling Field, 318, 326, 328, 616, 625 Bombardment (textbook), 45 Bombardment aviation: accuracy, 603-5, 656, 663; as compared to ocher types, 36-37, 41, 64, 7-71.;. development of weapon, 53-71; precision vs. area, 5 9 6 99; research in techniques, 604-5; size of units as compared with RAF, 631; strategic employment, 46-53, 60, 65, 592, 595-99, 615, 666-68; training, 605; trial in NEI, 400-402. See also Air doctrine; Bomber offensive; Day- light. Bombardment Board, 55, 59 Bombay, 5 1 0 Bomber Comd. (Army Air Force in Great Britain), 618. See also Com- mands, VIII Bomber. Bomber commands, origin and functions, ' 5 5 Bomber Command Shadow Staff, 617 767
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